HB 105 Summary

• Establishes new "temporary secure juvenile holding area" as distinct from adult correctional facilities for short-term minor detention, prohibiting minors from sight or sound contact with adult prisoners during detention.

• Creates new section AS 47.12.105 addressing detention of minors waived into adult court, requiring Department of Health and Social Services to detain waived minors in secure juvenile facilities and transfer them to Department of Corrections when they reach 18 years old.

• Limits detention of waived minors in adult correctional facilities to no more than 180 days unless court determines good cause for extension or minor expressly waives the limitation; requires hearings at least every 30 days to review detention circumstances.

• Transfers employment of juvenile probation officers from Department of Corrections to Department of Health and Social Services and updates definitions of juvenile justice terms throughout Alaska statutes.

• Repeals requirement for administrative revocation of a minor's driver's license for consumption or possession of alcohol or drugs, and adds juvenile probation officers and detention facility staff as mandatory reporters of child abuse or neglect.